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Loss of RecQ5 leads to spontaneous mitotic defects and chromosomal aberrations in Drosophila melanogaster.
DNA repair - 1 Feb 2009
Nakayama Minoru, Yamaguchi Shin-Ichiroh, Sagisu Yoshiko, Sakurai Haruna, Ito Fumiaki, Kawasaki Katsumi
Abstract excerpt
RecQ5 belongs to the RecQ DNA helicase family that includes genes causative of Bloom, Werner, and Rothmund-Thomson syndromes. Although no human disease has been genetically linked to a mutation in RecQ5, Drosophila melanogaster RecQ5 is highly expressed in early embryos, suggesting an important role for it in the DNA metabolism of the early embryo. In this present study, we generated RecQ5 mutants in D....
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